[Ilugc] Re: Training on Basics of LINUX
- From: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Chandrashekar Babu)
- Date: Wed Dec 1 17:17:38 2004
Kilaru Sambaiah writes:
Unix Programming environment
Helps people who have some formal programming/CS background of some sort. I
wouldn't recommend such a book for a newbie.
Unix sysadmin handbook
Principles of Network and sysadmin
Helps people who have some basic exposure to UNIX as a user.
A Linux enthusiast would also be someone who just bought a new computer
and wants to try his/her luck on Linux (perhaps after a brief date with
Windows) and have not much formal CS background. I've managed to find a lot
of such users lately. Recommending a purely technical book might just
demotivate them.
Google/TLDP has helped a lot of users to start on with Linux (occasionally
supplemented with a "For Dummies" kind of book).
google/tldp/LUG only to supplement, not for primary media.
How many people are tolerating if some one asks basic question in LUGs?
I hope many do (atleast those who are interested in _helping_ others). In my
personal experience, this has what set LUGs far apart from the BSD user
groups and mailing lists back in the 90s. It was _this_ community effort
that was instrumental in adoption of Linux by non-techie users in
many ways.
Though I do not suggest an absolute newbie to directly expect other
members of LUG to spoon-feed them, it does make sense for them to be
involved in LUG (atleast read through the past archives, or search them via
google) to get enough idea about how to go about solving an installation
problem or similar commonly raised issues. Of course, like all other
sensible netizen, a newbie who subscribes to a mailing list must first read
through the policy docs and act accordingly.
A search for "Introduction to Linux" on google results in enough excellent
starting point tutorials on Linux (the first link pointing directly to
tldp.org). Similarly, there are excellent guides catering to many commonly
used Linux distributions too.
And yes, learning Linux is a *lot* different from learning Linux System
Administration (though learning the former lays a firm foundation to
explore the latter in subject).
Cheers,
Chandrashekar Babu
PS: The books that you mentioned are worth the next steep step into
mastering the subject (Linux/UNIX).
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